Kids With Dreams Kids With Dreams
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KWD serves school-aged girls and boys from kindergarten through 12th grade. Youth who register with Kids With Dreams can drop-in each day after school at our sites.
The nurturing environment of Kids With Dreams promotes safety and encourages students to let down their emotional barriers and allow others to become their allies and advocates.
After a time of homework assistance and snacks, the youth separate into age-defined groups to participate in interactive life enrichment activities. The life enrichment curriculum is presented using role-plays, monologues, small group discussions and engaging play activities.
The activity time is, occasionally, yielded to a community expressive arts group (theater, dance, marital arts, etc.). Each arts group works with selected students to develop a monthly or quarterly artistic project on a life enrichment theme.
As time permits, the youth have “flex time” to participate in club style activities or just hangout with peers and staff while playing board games, table games, video and computer games, or participate in various other activities.
A key component to our incentive based program is to invite members-in-good-standing (MIGS) to monthly field trips. The field trips are conducted after school, on holidays, or on weekends.
In addition, Kids With Dreams maintains a youth development portfolio for selected youth. Each portfolio contains an Individual Development Plan (IDP) for the youth. The information in the portfolios includes case history, academic assessment, personal ambitions and achievements, as well as program participation and impact.
We believe that our comprehensive approach will be met with increased success as we continue to enrich our case management program by closely working with the schools and other community organizations to meet the needs of the whole youth.
Key objectives of Kids With Dreams include:
- Learning to have a positive sense of self. Increase in the number of youth optimistic about her or his personal future, believing that he or she has some control over things that happen to them, and reporting that, “my life has a purpose”.
- Learning to be productive. Increase in the number of youth committed to learning and motivated to do well in school.
- Learning to connect. Increase in the number of youth who appreciate and value diversity.
- Learning to navigate. Increase in the number of youth who accept and take personal responsibility for her or his actions by seeking to resolve conflicts
Neighborhood Clubs
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Camp Fire USA clubs serve girls and boys from kindergarten through high school who move progressively through Camp Fire club program levels in a group according to their grade level.
The Neighborhood Clubs program, which kids and teens may join at any age, offers a mix of fun activities, projects, events and experiences to help develop planning and decision-making skills as well as skills related to participants’ individual interests.
Girls and boys learn to work and play together, and get involved in service projects, which help them become responsible citizens concerned about their communities and society.
Camp Fire clubs meet at least twice a month for one to two hours. They are generally led by two or more adults who have volunteered their time and skills.
Meetings are held after school, evenings or weekends. Camp Fire Neighborhood Clubs have four important qualities:
- Progression: As the children get older, they do more complex and challenging activities.
- Variety: The Neighborhood Clubs program develops the whole child and includes a wide range of activities and skill development.
- Partnership between youth and adults: Youth and adults together set the direction of activities and accomplishments.
- Rewards and recognition: The Neighborhood Clubs program rewards participation and achievement, helping build self-esteem and pride.
Each program-level name symbolizes expanding opportunities, choices and leadership.
- Starflight: Kindergarten through second grade
- Adventure: Third through fifth grade
- Discovery: Sixth through eighth grade
- Horizon: Ninth through twelfth grade
The WoHeLo Award is the highest achievement in Camp Fire USA.
This prestigious award is specifically for teens and allows for opportunities for personal development, leadership and advocacy for important issues.
After completing Horizon, the youth may choose to accept the challenge of earning the WoHeLo (Work/Health/Love) Award. The award is earned by completing an intensive and highly individualized project. Through self-designed activities, the youth reflect on self, community, opportunities and future goals. They demonstrate their ability to utilize developmental assets identified in Camp Fire curriculum and activities, to carry out advocacy actions on issues of equality and social justice; and to function as caring, confident youth and future leaders in our society.
Completing the WoHeLo Award requirements takes hard work, dedication, motivation, creativity, determination and discipline.
Teens In Action
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Camp Fire USA believes that young people can be inspired to play a part in governing their lives, their organizations and their communities. They are the solution to recognizing and addressing today’s social challenges.
In today’s world, youth leadership is vital to the growth of healthy communities and ultimately, a better world. Young people experience an exhilarating charge of self-esteem when they discover Camp Fire’s Teens In Action program. It is designed to connect older girls and boys with important skills that inspire community responsibility, contribute to the future of American volunteerism, encourage a sense of belonging and develop concern for others.
The youth enrichment activities give teens the involvement and ownership necessary to make a difference in themselves, their communities and the world around them.
Working with adult partners in a mentoring relationship, the teens experience and learn about leadership, communication, planning and the political process.
Camp Fire has always been in the forefront of addressing the most pressing issues facing teens today. Through Teens In Action, Camp Fire takes a definitive stand on issues such as suicide prevention, inclusiveness, HIV/AIDS, sexuality, cultural awareness, and alcohol and drug abuse.
Summer Camps
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During the month of August, the Oakland East Bay Council provides two weeklong sessions of day camp and one week of resident camp.
Through camping the girls and boys develop important skills such as socialization, self-reliance, problem-solving, and an appreciation and commitment to the natural environment.
Through the group living experience, youth from diverse backgrounds learn more about others and themselves. Individuals become friends and they learn understanding, acceptance and trust.
The camping experience enables young people to acquire life skills that relate to the world around them. Such skills will move our society to the type of understanding that could help solve world problems.
MORE PHOTOS OF PAST CAMPS
On-Site Summer Program (Photos)
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Resident Camp (Photos)
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